Central Illinois organizations were among those receiving a slice of $47 million in newly-announced broadband expansion funding.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced the $47 million in funding for 22 projects in every region of the state. The money is part of the second round of Connect Illinois, which is the state's broadband expansion plan, and the funding will help 14 different internet service providers, rural cooperatives and local governments.

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